Homemade pesto and fresh pasta

We bought a pasta maker, and oh my gosh, fresh pasta is so tasty and easy to make! 😍🍝

So I thought I’d share our pasta dough recipe here, along with a homemade pesto recipe, which we made in a pestle and mortar.

It’s delightful, hope you give it a try and let us know what you think!

This recipe feeds two, and takes less than 20mins! ⏱⚡️

For the pesto:

For the pasta:

Start with the pasta as it will need to rest in the fridge for 30mins before shaping
Combine eggs and both types of flour in a bowl, mix in with hands, you don’t want the pasta to be too sticky, just springy, if it is too wet add a little more plain flour, if too dry add a little water.
Roll dough into a ball wrap in cling film and place in fridge for at least 30mins before cooking
Now for the pesto! Roughly chop the garlic and add to the pestle with a little salt, grind to a paste
Add 2tsp if pine nuts and crush into the mixture
Now add a small portion of the basil and grind until smooth, repeat until all basil is added
Now add half the cheese and grind until combined
Add a glug of oil to loosen the mixture
Now add the rest of the cheese and combine
Finally stir in a good amount of oil until the pesto is the consistency you like and a few whole pine nuts
Once the pesto is ready, cook some chicken in a pan (or mushrooms if you’re veggie) add a spoonful of pesto.
When the chicken is around 1 minute from being ready, drop the fresh pasta into a boiling pot of well salted water, cook for around 1 minute (it cooks super quick!)
When the pasta is ready, use tongs to pull it from the pot and straight into the frying pan with the chicken, stir in the remaining pesto and get a good coating
Serve with some cracked black pepper over the top

Bon appetito! 😋 🍝 🌿 🍗 🍴